Eintracht Frankfurt II
Eintracht Frankfurt II is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. Formerly known as Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure (Amateurs) until 2005 the team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy and pro team.
| Full name | Eintracht Frankfurt II |
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| Nickname(s) | Amas (Amateurs), U23, Die Adler (Eagles), SGE (Sportgemeinschaft Eintracht) |
| Founded | 1899 2022 |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Ground | Sportpark Dreieich, Dreieich |
| Capacity | 2,530 |
| Chairman | Peter Fischer |
| Manager | Kristjan Glibo |
| League | Hessenliga |
The traditional home ground was the Riederwaldstadion but for safety purposes the team was forced to play at Bornheimer Hang. The ground was actually renovated for local rival FSV Frankfurt but since their unexpected promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and the stricter home ground requirements FSV used to play at Eintracht's actual stadium while the SGE reserves play at their home. From 2009 to 2014 both teams, FSV and Eintracht U23 played at Bornheimer Hang.
Since its re-establishment, the team plays at Sportpark Dreieich.
The squad was frequently supported by Ultras Frankfurt, especially when playing derby matches against Darmstadt and Kassel, both home and away.
History
Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure first played at highest level in Hesse when it earned promotion to the Amateurliga Hessen in 1969, winning the league in its first attempt in 1969–70. The team played in this league, renamed to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen in 1978, for the next 26 seasons, with three runners-up finishes in 1978, 1983 and 1995 as its best results after the 1970 championship. The last of those three allowed the club promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, newly formed the year before. The team lasted for only one season before dropping back to what was now the Oberliga Hessen but won promotion again in 2002. Again it played in the Regionalliga for only one season but in 2008 it qualified for the new Regionalliga Südwest, where it played for six seasons until 2014.[1]
In April 2014, the club board of Eintracht Frankfurt decided to withdraw the U23 team from league operations, as was FSV Frankfurt II and Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, after a ruling by the DFL allowed all Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs to freely choose whether or not to operate an under-23 reserve team. Previous to that such teams had been compulsory.[2]
On 14 February 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt applied to have a reserves team to be re-admitted to the 5th tier Hessenliga for the 2022–23 season.[3]
On 21 February the Hessian Football Association approved the incorporation of the Eintracht reserves team into the Hessenliga. [4] The team will play at the Hahn Air Sportpark in Dreieich.
Current squad
- As of 31 July 2022[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Famous players
- Marcos Álvarez
- Abassin Alikhil (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
- Ali Amiri (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
- Zubayr Amiri (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
- Mimoun Azaouagh
- Matthias Becker
- Manfred Binz
- Rudolf Bommer
- Ronny Borchers
- Erol Bulut
- Mounir Chaftar
- Daniyel Cimen
- Christian Demirtaş
- Ralf Fährmann
- Danny Galm
- Baldo di Gregorio
- Giuseppe Gemiti
- Daniel Gunkel
- Matthias Hagner
- Marcel Heller
- Martin Hess
- Petar Hubchev
- Jermaine Jones
- Sebastian Jung
- Jürgen Klopp
- Kevin Kraus
- Benjamin Lense
- Krešo Ljubičić
- Jean-Paul Ndeki
- Markus Neumayr
- Oka Nikolov
- Christoph Preuß
- Peter Reichel
- Christopher Reinhard
- Marco Russ
- Milad Salem (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
- Antônio da Silva
- Markus Steinhöfer
- Albert Streit
- Faton Toski
- Cenk Tosun
- Juvhel Tsoumou
- Angelo Vaccaro
- Lars Weißenfeldt
- Jan Zimmermann
Managers
The recent managers of the club:[6]
- 2000–2005: Bernhard Lippert
- 2005: Armin Kraaz
- 2006–2007: Petar Hubchev
- 2007–2010: Frank Leicht
- 2010–2012: Oscar Corrochano
- 2012–2014: Alexander Schur
- 2022–: Kristjan Glibo
Honours
The club's honours:
League
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Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][7]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 18↓ |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Hessen | IV | 10 |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Hessen | 12 | |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Hessen | 11 | |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Hessen | 5 | |
| 2007–08 | Oberliga Hessen | 4↑ | |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd | 3 | |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Süd | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Süd | 6 | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 15 | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 12 | |
| 2022–23 | Hessenliga | V |
- With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new Regionalliga Südwest.
Key
References
- ^ a b Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Eintracht Frankfurt meldet U23-Team ab (in German) weltfussball.de, published: 6 April 2014, accessed: 22 May 2014
- ^ Application for new reserve team (in English) eintracht.de, published: 14 February 2022, accessed: 14 February 2022
- ^ HFV incorporates reserve team into Hesse league (in English) eintracht.de, published: 21 February 2022, accessed: 21 February 2022
- ^ "Die U23 Mannschaft". SV Werder Bremen (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Eintracht Frankfurt II .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 December 2011
- ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links
- Official club website (in German)
- Eintracht Frankfurt II at Weltfussball.de (in German)